The U.S. Supreme Court decided this week that it is OK for government meetings to start with a sectarian prayer.

The court was asked to decide whether Greece, N.Y., violated the Constitution because almost every prayer in an 11-year span was Christian.

I wrote this story back in November while the Supreme Court was weighing the case. It showed that about a third of local government boards in Boone and Winnebago counties open each meeting with a prayer.

I've covered each of the government bodies that pray before meetings. In about a decade of doing so, I've never heard an invocation that wasn't Christian. But, as Chuck Sweeny wrote this week, it's never ignited much debate here.

If you're wondering what you're local elected officials do, here's a look at which Rockford-area municipal and county boards pray and which do not.